Julius Müller-Massdorf

Julius Müller-Massdorf , also Julius Müller-Maßdorf (born December 17, 1863 in Düsseldorf , † 1933 ibid), was a German genre and portrait painter and illustrator of the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Müller-Massdorf studied from 1878 to 1883 with Andreas Müller , Peter Janssen , Eduard Gebhardt , Julius Roeting and Carl Ernst Forberg at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He then went to Munich for private studies with Otto Seitz and Franz von Defregger . From there he made several study trips to the Netherlands in the 1880s and 1890s . From 1891 he stayed in Zandvoort more often . After many years in Munich, he returned to his hometown. In 1928 he was awarded the title of professor at the Düsseldorf Academy .

Works (selection)

Attic musicians

An interesting story

In the narrative tradition of the Düsseldorf genre painting according to Ludwig Knaus, Müller-Massdorf painted interior, street, park and beach scenes. He also worked as an illustrator, including for Die Gartenlaube . The influence of the Dutch painter Jozef Israëls can be seen in his work . Müller-Massdorf's late work marked a turn to the Impressionist conception of art.

The Laundry Maid , 1886
Motherhood , 1887
A funny tale , 1887
Girls from Hanakei (Moravia), 1888
Garret musicians (or concert in Daehstübl ), 1890
An interesting story , 1916
Leisure on the balcony
Bootstrip
Beach fun
The florist
The art for everyone , poster design
reconciliation

literature

Müller-Massdorf, Julius. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, pp. 111-112 ( archive.org ).
Müller-Massdorf, Julius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 239 .
Hans Kraan: When Holland was fashionable. German artists and Holland in the 19th century. Bonn 1985, p. 14.

Web links

Commons : Julius Müller-Massdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Julius Müller-Massdorf , short biography on the eart.de portal

Julius Müller-Massdorf , data sheet in the rkd.nl portal( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )

Julius Müller-Massdorf , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de

Individual evidence

^ Directory of the painting collection of the city of Mainz . Self-published, Mainz 1905, p. 38 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Müller-Massdorf, Julius. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 111 ( archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Müller-Massdorf, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Müller-Maßdorf, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German genre and portrait painter and illustrator of the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	1933
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Directory of the painting collection of the city of Mainz . Self-published, Mainz 1905, p. 38 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Müller-Massdorf, Julius. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 111 ( archive.org ).